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Friday, November 11, 2016

Leonard Cohen - Everybody knows

Everybody knows
Leonard Cohen


Songwriters: Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson
Lyrics:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that it's me or you
Everybody knows that the war is over And everybody knows that you live forever
Everybody knows the good guys lost Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the fight was fixed Everybody knows the deal is rotten
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
That's how it goes For your ribbons and bows
Everybody knows And everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody got this broken feeling Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Like their father or their dog just died Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody talking to their pockets Everybody knows the scene is dead
Everybody wants a box of chocolates But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
And a long stem rose That will disclose
Everybody knows What everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows what you've been through
Everybody knows that you've been faithful From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
Ah give or take a night or two To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows you've been discreet Everybody knows it's coming apart
But there were so many people you just had to meet Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Without your clothes Before it blows
And everybody knows And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes That's how it goes
Everybody knows Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes That's how it goes
Everybody knows Everybody knows


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